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Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed has now deleted her social media post, where she not only fat-shamed Rohit Sharma but also called him unimpressive.
Congress’s Shama Mohamed has now deleted her post after outcry. (Picture Credit: X/@BCCI)
Congress spokesperson Dr Shama Mohamed deleted her post calling Indian captain Rohit Sharma “fat” and “unimpressive” following massive backlash. In a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter), she said, “Rohit Sharma is fat for a sportsman! Need to lose weight! And of course the most unimpressive Captain India has ever had!”
“It was just a generic tweet about the fitness of a sportsperson. It is not body shaming. It is about the fitness of a sportsperson. I always believe a sports person has to be fit. So, I felt he is a bit overweight, so I tweeted on that. I am being attacked for no reason,” Mohamed told ANI.
She added, “When I compared him to other captains like Dhoni, or for that matter Ganguly, Dravid, Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, and Virat, so I put up a statement.”
She went on to say, “It [India] is a democracy,” asking, “What’s wrong in saying?”
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